i use 'gloves in a bottle' from my local quilt shop, a little on the expensive side but works great for me...i wash my hands hundreds of times a day and they would be a cracked ugly mess without this stuff! a quilty friend sent me a bottle of 'udder cream' quilter's lotion one time, used it once, my hands started burning, turned bright red and raw/rashy...washed it off as quick as i could and decided its' not for me...i know people who love it though...its' hard to find what works best for you, but once you find it, stick with it.....i love vaseline intensive care products too.........this is always an issue for quilters, handling all that cotton leaches the oils right out of our skin, then winter comes and oh boy...

I bought this stuff 2 years ago at the Houston Quilt show. Works good!!

My skin is sensitive to certain products, too. I've had the same experience of using certain lotions and having my hands (legs, arms, etc.) turn bright red and raw/rashy, so I'm very careful what I try. I think that's why I haven't ordered the Surgeon's Skin Secret yet; I hate to buy it over the internet without being able to try it first. Hmm...I wonder if they'd send me a small sample? I think I'll email them and ask.

Regarding Bag Balm, we used to have a dairy farm and used it for what it was originally intended: cow's teats! I have to admit it did work well on the cows, but I never liked getting it on my hands, so I've been reluctant to use it. I think I hurt my oncologist's feelings the last time I had chemo. I was having issues with my hands and fingers such as infections, fingernails lifting off, skin peeling off worse than normal, and lots of fun things like that. My onc started to tell me about Bag Balm and was getting a big kick out of saying I probably wouldn't believe what he was going to recommend, when I interrupted him and said oh yeah, Bag Balm, we used to use it on the cows when we farmed. Poor guy, you could just see I took all the fun out of his little presentation. :twisted:

I got Udder Cream and new skin this week at Walmart and I can already tell a difference. The new skin(or whatever) leaves an ugly film but my fingers don't hurt so I can live with the stain for a bit.

Go to you're sister's house. She has plenty of Avon you can use.

I got a little solid beeswax and lanolin (and some other ingredients) hand cream block in a tin at a store in Burnsville NC when I was there. You take it out of the tin and rub it between your hands. I have it at home, and don't recall the name, but there is a website. I'll look it up when I get home and post it here. It really worked great for me, too. But, it is now in the bottom of one of my other purses :cry: and I'll have to try to find it to get the name. But it's really good stuff!! ;-)

I love Avon's Moisture Therapy Intensive. It is heavy but if I allow it to soak in for about 10 minutes I can then handle fabric, the comuputer, etc. It makes a real difference in my hands. It's also great for dry feet. I put it on before going to bed.

Yes, I second the recommendation on this brand of products but I've had trouble finding it lately. Any suggestions?

My husband uses Generic Userin from Wal-Mart. His skin gets unusually dry from the Winter and also being Diabetic.
It is about $4.00/bottle at Wal-Mart. It is in a large White Round container in the Cosmetic Dept.

I have found that I can track down almost anything if I do an online Google search. Things I can't get locally are almost always availabe online somewhere. Granted, you may have to pay shipping. Like many of you, I watch my spending and don't like to pay extra for items. But if there is a product that does something great for you, like healing cracked, dry skin, I say that's worth paying a dollar or two more for rather than settling for something that doesn't work just because you can pick it up cheaper in a local store. It's a matter of your health as well as comfort. Try Google for any product you don't see on your local store shelf.